Posted on 01/24/2017 9:00:36 AM PST by SeekAndFind
After weeks of awards shows, the biggest one is finally almost here: On Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its 2017 nominees. The winners will then be revealed when the Oscars take place Feb. 26.
Damien Chazelles musical La La Land, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, led the nominations with a whopping 14. The Best Picture nominee ties with 1997s Titanic and 1950s All About Eve for the most nominations the Oscars has ever handed out in its 89-year history.
Barry Jenkins Moonlight and Denis Villeneuves Arrival followed with eight nominations each, also including Best Picture nods. Manchester by the Sea, Hacksaw Ridge, and Lion each scored six nominations.
Check out our awards season scorecard here to see how those movies and more have stacked up so far, and see the full list of nominees below.
1. Best Picture
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
2. Best Actress
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
3. Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
4. Best Actor
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences
Best Supporting Actor
5. Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
6. Best Documentary Feature
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life Animated
O.J.: Made in America
13th
7. Best Director
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
8. Best Adapted Screenplay
Arrival, Eric Heisserer
Fences, August Wilson
Hidden Figures, Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
Lion, Luke Davis
Moonlight, Barry Jenkins with story by Tarell Alvin
McCranley
9. Best Original Screenplay
Hell or High Water, Taylor Sheridan
La La Land, Damien Chazelle
The Lobster, Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou
Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan
20th Century Women, Mike Mills
10. Best Foreign Language Film
Land of Mine
A Man Called Ove
The Salesman
Tanna
Toni Erdmann
11. Best Original Score
Jackie
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers
12. Best Original Song
Audition (The Fools Who Dream), La La Land
Cant Stop the Feeling, Trolls
City of Stars, La La Land
The Empty Chair, Jim: The James Foley Story
How Far Ill Go, Moana
13. Best Cinematography
Arrival
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Silence
14. Best Production Design
Arrival
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
La La Land
Passengers
15. Best Makeup and Hairstyling
A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond
Suicide Squad
16. Best Costume Design
Allied
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land
17. Best Visual Effects
Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
18. Best Sound Editing
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully
19. Best Sound Mixing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
20. Best Documentary Short
Extremis
4.1 Miles
Joes Violin
Watani: My Homeland
The White Helmets
21. Best Live Action Short
Ennemis Intérieurs
La Femme et le TGV
Silent Nights
Sing
Timecode
22. Best Animated Feature
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia
23. Best Film Editing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Moonlight
24. Best Animated Short
Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Pearl
Piper
However, snarly remarks are welcome for their entertainment value.
I think that one is a pretty safe bet to win.
Anybody give two craps?
I really don’t care, Hollywood can fall into the sea and I would not miss them or their crappy movies.
"In the categories of Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, nobody gives a DAMN! Let's get these people off of here as quickly as possible, and get them out of here! "
The only important Oscar is named Meyer and belongs on a grill.
I couldn’t care less.
I don’t think I’ve seen one movie mentioned in the list of categories (not even the new Star Wars film). I’m not one of those who avoids going to movies altogether, but I only see one to three a year on average. I do want to see “Hell or High Water,” and I have some slight interest in “Dr. Strange.” For those who watch a lot more than I, are any of the documentaries or documentary shorts nominated worth seeing?
I haven’t been to a movie in YEARS... I don’t even remember the last time I paid to see a movie in a theater.
All this stuff and the actors themselves have made themselves too irrelevant for words.
I haven’t seen any of the movies, and if my library system doesn’t get DVDs I can check out for free, I won’t be seeing any of them. Movies today just are not worth $10.00+ per ticket (not to me anyway).
I go to the movies every couple of weeks. It is still a fun night out with my wife.
That said, I guess I need to pick better movies. Because the ones I saw are not on the list.
Except for Manchester By the Sea.
What a freakin’ depressing movie. You keep expecting a happy ending and then BAMM. Nothing. But depression.
But its OK, because by the end of the movie I wanted to shoot the star.
The Academy Awards held a certain level of interest, 35 years ago.
Arrival was not a very good movie, IMO. My Son & I saw it. It had a lot of promise but felt slow, flat & plodding to me.
‘Hacksaw Ridge’ is supposed to be pretty good, from what I hear...
RE: Hacksaw Ridge is supposed to be pretty good, from what I hear...
Yes, based on the real story of Desmond Doss, a Seventh Day Adventist who opposed taking up arms to kill. Nevertheless, he enlisted as a medic in World War II and saved the lives of over 75 men ( including enemies ).
He was the first conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor for actions above and beyond the call of duty. He is also the only conscientious objector to receive the medal during World War II.
The above film earned 6 Oscar nominations with Mel Gibson as best director and Andrew Garfield as best actor.
Too bad, Doss died 10 years ago at age 87. too early to have missed the film about his life.
I see for best actress
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
I can just imagine the political lecture we’ll get from her if she wins.
;)
The academy awards show is a circle jerk of self importance. That being said, I too have heard Hacksaw Ridge is an oscar worthy movie but will not win because it’s a Mel Gibson movie.
My hubby saw this by himself and he liked it quite a bit. He admitted to me that he had tears running down his face at the end of this movie.
Mel Gibson is a flawed human being (which of us isn't), and, I think he was just an okay actor; but, I think he has found his real calling as a director.
I haven't seen any of the others and don't intend to.
I also won't watch the Academy Awards broadcast. I haven't seen it in many, many years.
I went to Opryland for a mandatory conference years ago. The Grand Old Opry and the Academy Awards were about the same, equally tacky. The Grand Old Opry might have been more intelligent and sophisticated.
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